Editorial Note
In a memorandum dated April 20, titled “Observations on the British Draft Peace Treaty for Japan”, apparently handed to a representative of the Dulles Mission, the Japanese Government stated its belief that the British draft of April 7 had the character of an imposed peace and that the United States draft was preferable to the Japanese people. The Japanese Government then listed those provisions of the British draft to which it most objected, and in conclusion mentioned a few features of the British draft which it regarded favorably and which it wished to have incorporated in the United States draft. (Tokyo Post Files: 320.1 Peace Treaty) Concerning the British draft of April 7, see footnote 2, page 979.